Fire Dies in Snowstorm Blaze at Market Fourth
A two story frame building housing Acme Printing Company and a tailor shop was gutted by a Sunday morning fire near Market and Fourth. Fire crews battled flames from 3:26 to 6:00 with general alarm. damage estimated 4,500 to 5,000, insured. Nearby properties suffered minor damage, a parked car was damaged, and valuable lumber plus equipment were lost.
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Market
Fourth Streets
J. Marshall Staub
Acme Printing Company
Fiarry C. James
LeRoy Hoke
Minnie E. Schmidt
East Fourth Street
Oil Station
Standard Oil Company
Health Center Vos Alleys
Hall Motors
Clinton K. Hughes
Hughes
James
Ice Street
Nine Mount St Marys Students Accepted By Marines
Mount St Marys College reports nine students accepted for U S Marines officers training. The 72 Maryland students chosen total, with two Mount seniors set to report in May after graduation. Others named include Richard Bucher Lancaster PA R Wilson Murray Washington Paul Blasco Harrisburg PA William Flaherty Philadelphia Albert Skidmore Lynbrook NY Amico Barone Jy Chicopee MA and Gene Fuhrman Harrisburg PA. The note ends with a 1912 airplane fact.
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Emmitsburg
Mount St. Mary’s College
U. S. Marines
Maryland
Mount St. Mary's
Joe Lawless
Philadelphia
James Ellis
Washington
Richard Bucher
Lancaster
R. Wilson Murray Washington
Paul Blasco
Harrisburg
William Flaherty
Albert Skidmore
Lynbrook
N. Y
Amico Barone Jy
Chicopee
Mass
Gene Fuhrman
Employment of Women Workers Increase at Fairchild
Fairchild Engine and Airplane reports that women workers already comprise a large share of its labor force and will rise to 50 percent as military need wanes. The company cites rapid training, dexterity, and strict adherence to procedures for precision in wood and metal tasks. 1941 consolidated net income reached $541,074 versus a $60,772 deficit the prior year.
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New York
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation Todate
War Job For Every Healthy Girl And Woman Predicted
United States wartime speakers forecast full female participation in 1942 not only in factories but across agriculture and home defense. Margaret Culkin Banning urged women to fill powder bags and assemble gear, while Vera Dean, Anastasia Petrova, and others described mobilization, farm work, and support for troops as essential to victory.
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New York
United States
Margaret Culkin Banning
Duluth
Minn
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Washington
Mexico City
London
Buenos Aires
Vera Micheles Dean
The
Foreign Policy Association
Anastasia Petrova
Maxim Litvinov
Grange Targets Rising AAA Costs in Maryland
The Maryland State Grange executive committee adopted resolutions opposing expanded Agricultural Adjustment Administration expenses and urging economy amid wartime needs. They praised Senator Tydinges for his stance and demanded proper representation for farmers on defense and war production boards while opposing CIO dairy organizing. They called for waiving minimum wage for tomato packing and replacing with a flat rate per quart to aid unskilled labor, and criticized AAA expansion in Maryland and nationwide. The group names Charles S. Smith, I. Keller Shank, Henry J. Patterson, Abram G. Ensor, Mrs. Martha Hopkins, J. Wilson Lord, and David C. Harry as members.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Grange
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tydinge
CIO
Grange
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Charles 8. Smith
Port Tobacco
I. Keller Shank
Hagerstown
Henry J. Patterson
College Park
Abram G. Ensor
Forest Hill
Martha Hopkins
Cordova
J. Wilson Lord
Ellicott City
David C. Harry
Pylesville
Middletown High Defends War Effort With Stamp Sales
Middletown High reports strong defense stamp drive by elementary students in nine weeks, totaling 336.50 toward a 300 goal set for May 29. Weekly sales never dipped below 29, with ages six to 13 participating as the effort expands. Berlin reports British air raids near Athens and Crete, with civilian damage and destroyed homes.
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Middletown
Athens
Berlin
Crete
Bombs Outside Athens Hit Civilians in Reported Strike
Official reports say British bombs outside Athens injured several civilians and fell far from any military targets, highlighting the civilian toll of the flare up in the area.
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Athens
Italy Claims Share In U S Ship Sinkinge
Rome reports from Italian broadcasts that the High Command claims Axis U boats sank four ships totaling 20 000 tons off the U S coast. A Hitler communiqué adds 16 more merchant ships totaling 110 600 tons sunk in the North Atlantic and off the U S East Coast. Mussolini praised Lieut Commander Carlo Fecia De Cossato for four ships and 32 000 tons. Athos Fraternale credited with two tankers.
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Rome
High Command
United States
Adolf Hitler
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Mussolini
Carlo Fecia de Cossato
Athos Fraternale
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Association of Junior Leagues of America
Senora Isabel de Palencia
Sweden
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Chu Shih-Ming
Krishna Bajpai
India
Anthony Drexel Biddle, Jr
U. S
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Commission of Inter-American Women
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McCleery’s Jewelry Store
Frederick, MD
Tydings
Cavite
NEA
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Red Cross
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